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Location:
Merrillville, IN
Posted:
May 23, 2016

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BRYAN K. BULLOCK, Esq.

**** ********, ***. ***, ************, IN 46410

Phone: 219-***-**** Fax: 219-***-****

Email: acuwyu@r.postjobfree.com

OBJECTIVE: To obtain an attorney position, utilizing my knowledge and experience as a civil rights, employment law and human rights attorney.

EDUCATION

Valparaiso University School of Law

Juris Doctorate, 1998

Calumet College of St. Josephs

B.A., Organizational Management, 1994

Ivy Tech State College

A.A.S. Business Management, 1992

LEGAL EXPERIENCE –admited to practice since 2001

Attorney at Law, Law Office of Bryan K. Bullock, LLC (Private practice) 2004 to present– Solo practitioner, Civil Rights Law office - representing employees in Employment Discrimination litigation under Title VII (race, sexual harassment, national origin, religion, etc.), Americans with Disabilities Act, Age Discrimination in Employment Act and other anti-discrimination federal and state statutes. Federal Court Practice; Civil Rights litigation under Section 1983, 1981 against public entities; Prisoner's Rights, and minor criminal cases. Representing clients in Equal Employment Opportunity Commission proceedings, Federal EEO cases, worker’s compensation and unemployment compensation hearings.

Criminal law – represents clients in OWI, traffic, misdemeanor, felony (possession and drug) matters. No experience with murder cases.

Habeas Counsel in Guantanamo Bay litigation – 2005 to 2011, utilizing knowledge of Federal Court Practice (D.C. Circuit), international law, constitutional law, Geneva Conventions and humanitarian laws of war. Represented three different men being imprisoned.

Represented not for profit organization in environmental justice litigation against BP Amoco

Attorney at Law, Indiana Legal Service 2001 to 2004– Not For Profit Law Firm - representing low-income clients in defense of eviction actions, dissolution of marriage, custody proceedings, guardianships, paternity and child support litigation, unemployment compensation hearings, social security hearings, consumer cases and other civil proceedings.

Judge, Pro Tem – Small Claims Court, Lake Superior Court 2001-2003

PRO BONO – Representing several community organizations and groups in areas ranging from environmental justice to not-for-profit formation and assistance with creating bylaws. Guantanamo Bay lititgation, pro bono.

Candidate for State Representative 2008 and 2010

BAR AFFILIATIONS:

National Employment Lawyers Association –Illinois and Indiana chapters (Vice President of Indiana Chapter)

Admitted to practice in Federal court in Indiana, Illinois and the District of Columbia (Guantanamo Bay litigation)

AFFILIATIONS

President, National Lawyers Guild, Indiana Chapter

Indiana Civil Liberties Union, Board Member, Current

Gary Neighborhood Services, Board President from 2007 to 2010

2008 and 2010 Candidate for State Representative

Former member of Salvation Army Advisory Board

Former First Vice President, Gary branch, NAACP

Environmental Justice Partnership

Humane Society of NWI, Board Member, 2009 -2011

Indiana Attorney General Food Drive, Participant, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015

Indiana Minority Enterprise Corporation (IMEC), Member

RECENT AWARDS

2007 Human Rights Award, Southern Center for Human Rights

2007, Outstanding Service Award, Gary Neighborhood Services

2006 Alumni Service Award – Valparaiso University School of Law

PUBLIC SPEAKING

University of Notre Dame, Kroc Institute of International Studies, South Bend, IN Keynote Speaker, Environmental Justice, 2003

National Coalition of Puerto Rican Women Environmental Justice Conference, 2003

Environmental Justice Partnership Conference on Human Rights and Environmental Justice, 2003

Uhuru Convocation, Purdue University Calumet, Keynote speaker, 2004

Unitarian Church, Lafayette, IN -2016



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